Meanwhile, Sevilla are the team to have suffered the most defeat )28) in the hands of Lionel Messi since his promotion into the Barca first team.

By beating Lyon on Wednesday, Messi also equalled Xavi's record of 476 wins with Barcelona in much quicker time, doing it in 673 games with a win ratio of 71 per cent in comparison to the Spaniard's 767 matches.